DOT Secretary's update--First piles driven for reconstructed Mallory Pier at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

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If you arrive at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY, by water--as I did for my first visit in May 2009--Mallory Pier is likely to be the first part of campus you see up close. At 825 feet long, and serving as the primary dock facility for a United States service academy, it should be an impressive sight.

And soon, it will be.

On Wednesday, a construction crew from Russell Marine took the first step toward repairing and modernizing the 50-year-old pier by driving the first pile into the seabed of the Long Island Sound. Like many in the USMMA community, I am very happy to see this important work get started...